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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
riches rags autobiography
[Autobiographies] are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that. Deborah Kerr
riches poverty rejoice
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. Benjamin Franklin
riches facts rags
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy. Diana Ross
riches ruins wealth
It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they have already produced; it dries up the source of riches, while it usually respects acquired property. Freedom, on the contrary, produces far more goods than it destroys; and the nations which are favored by free institutions invariably find that their resources increase even more rapidly than their taxes. Alexis de Tocqueville
riches misery mercy
Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery. Charles Spurgeon
riches poverty inability
Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches. Daniel Gilbert
riches abundance
I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them. Eleanora Duse
riches wealth
I have no riches but my thoughts, yet these are wealth enough for me. Sarah Hale
riches poverty
Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.
oppression submit
Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.
oppression individual states
Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression. Andrew Bernstein
oppression
Oppression breeds the power to oppose it. Andrew Solomon
oppression cruelty interfere
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it. Anna Sewell
oppression origin patience preserved qualities
Patience is one of those "feminine" qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation. Simone Beauvoir
oppression prelude regimes
Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression. Jonathan Sacks
oppression abandonment
To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
oppression terrorism fascism
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression. Harry Belafonte
oppression spoke standing time
It was a time of oppression and you spoke up -- and we won. Without you, I wouldn't be standing up here either. Terrence McNally